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Photos: High-fives for Pods on Top Gun Night

Entering Thursday, eight of Scott Podsednik’s 37 career regular-season home runs had come vs. Houston, along with his biggest roundtripper, a walk-off blast that lifted Chicago to a win in Game Two of the 2005 World Series. Add to that the list of memorable events below and it’s no surprise that the Dallas resident came up with another big moment last night with a 3-run home run that lifted Kansas City to a 5-2 win:

3 of Podsednik’s 6 career leadoff home runs are vs. Houston

his second career multi-home run game was on April 17, 2004 at Houston

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